You don't have the Telnet client RPM installed. You'll need it on your system first...
|-----Original Message----- |From: Stephen Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 6:37 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: [expert] Kmail cannot receive email but can send email | | |Hi Jose, | |At 02:59 AM 11/10/2001 -0500, you wrote: |>Try talking to the server directly to verify your password... |> |>I.E. |> |>"telnet servername 110" | |I tried both at root as well as user | |In Konsole window | |telnet pop.aaa.net 110 |bash: telnet: command not found | |I made a quick browse but could not discover "telnet" command in /bin | |I could not discover the mistake committed. In another PC |running Win ME, |I configure Eudora with the same settings and it works fine |without problem. | |I encountered the same problem before but unfortunately I |could not recall |how to rectify it because I have been away from Linux for some |times. In |the early version of Linux only root can send and receive |emails as well as |browsing the web. You have to chmod to allow the user having such |authorities. | |Adding to my problem is my "Mandrake 8.1" being not very |stable. Its PS/2 |port is still not working. | |Anyhow I am considering to have another round to re-install |Mandrake 8.1. | |Thanks | |B.R. |Stephen | |(By the way. Do you know how to refresh Linux. | |Example. |Start Linux but forget plugging in the Broadband. After |having the cable |connected instead of rebooting the PC, is there any easy way ? ) | | |>|-----Original Message----- |>|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>|[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stephen Liu |>|Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:55 PM |>|To: Tom Badran |>|Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>|Subject: Re: [expert] Kmail cannot receive email but can send email |>| |>| |>|Hi Tom, |>| |>|Thanks for your advice. |>| |>|I used POP and repeated numerous configuration on Kmail settings as |>|follows ; (I skip Sending Mail configuration which has no problem) |>| |>|INCOMING MAIL |>| |>|Account Type Pop Account |>|General Tab |>|Host pop.aaa.net (I also tried only aaa.net without pop) |>|Port 110 (defaut) |>|X Store POP password in configuration file |>|(also tried deselect this item) |>|X Delete mail file from server |>| |>|Security Tab |>|Under Encryption |>|- blank all items |>| |>|Under Authentication method |>|Tried all items |>| |>|Each time when I checked mail, following warning pop-up |>| |>|....... |>|......... |>|I said "pass <your password>" |>|And then the server said |>|"-ERR authorization failed" |>| |>|I tried numerous times and am quite sure the login and |password being |>|correct. |>| |>|It did happen to me about 2 year ago. The PC encrypted the password |>|making ISP server unable to recognize it. However I fixed it |>|finally. Unfortunately now I could not recall the steps taken |>|to make such |>|a remedy. |>| |>|Thanks |>| |>|B.R. |>|Stephen Liu |>| |>| |>|At 11:35 PM 11/9/2001 +0000, you wrote: |>|>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |>|>Hash: SHA1 |>|> |>|>On Friday 09 Nov 2001 5:02 pm, you wrote: |>|> > Hi All People, |>|> > |>|> > I encounter another problem in running Mandrake 8.1 Each |>|time when I |>|> > check mail in Kmail, a warning pop-up saying "Error, incorrect |>|> > password". But it can send emails without problem. I am |>|quite sure |>|> > the password entered in configuration is correct. |>|> |>|>Sending and recieving use two completely different servers, |>|and sending |>|>rarely requires any user/pass authentication, it tends to be |>|done on an |>|>ip bases. Are you using a pop/imap client? I use pop and it |has never |>|>failed on me - unless i type the wrong |password/username/servername. |>|>Double check your setup and make sure all the above (and |port - leave |>|>as default if unsure) are correct. Also, you need to tell |it to save |>|>the password, it is not on by defauilt if i remember correctly. |>|> |>|>- -- |>|>Tom "Tomahawk" Badran |>|>Imperial College Dept of Computing |>| |>| |>| |> |> |>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? |>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com |
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